Shares for Rights

Policy description

There have been votes in Parliament on the introduction of the employee shareholder scheme which is an employee status obtained when an employee is given shares worth at least £2,000 in return for which the employer is permitted not to extend unfair dismissal rights, rights to statutory redundancy pay and other employment rights to the employee.

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Analysis for Graham Stringer

Graham Stringer generally voted against (16% aligned) allowing employees to exchange some employment rights for shares in the company they work for.

Comparable Labour MPs consistently voted against (0% aligned).

Scoring Divisions

Scoring divisions are used to calculate the headline alignment between a person and a policy.

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Guide to columns

  • person vote: the vote cast by the person

  • party alignment: how aligned this vote was with other members of the person’s party. Higher numbers indicate less difference from the average vote of the party.

  • policy direction: if an aye vote is aligned or against the overall policy.

  • policy alignment: if this MP’s vote was aligned with the policy.

motion date person vote party alignment policy direction policy aligned
Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Second Reading 2012-11-05 no 100% agree not aligned
Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Clause 25 — Employee Shareholder Status — Exemption from Certain Statutory Employment Rights 2012-12-17 aye 100% against not aligned
Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Third Reading 2012-12-17 no 100% agree not aligned
Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Employee Shareholder Status 2013-04-16 absent na agree na
Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Employee Shareholder Status — Exemption from Certain Statutory Employment Rights 2013-04-23 absent na agree na